Roles and Responsibilities
- Produces security threat assessments on domestic security interests.
- Empowered to conduct investigations and arrest under the Internal Security Act (ISA) (Chapter 133).
- Empowered to conduct investigations by other Acts like Seditious Act (Chapter 24), Public Order Act (Chapter 148), Undesirable Publications Act (Chapter 25) and Registration of Guests Act (Chapter 122).
The Role of BISD is to monitor and report to the Government on internal security issues. The following is the list of internal security issues under the jurisdiction of BISD. However, BISD’s monitoring is no longer limited to the listed security issues because security issues have evolved, shifted over time and also in tandem with the security developments abroad.
• Subersive Acts
Subversive acts are intentional actions carried out by an individual or a groups/s of individuals or an organization aiming at jeopardizing the security of the nation. Such acts also constitute attempts to overthrow the Government of His Majesty The Sultan or the Brunei Constitution through covert methods like violence or not in accordance to the Brunei Constitution.
• Espionage & Foreign Interference
Secret and illegal attempts to gather or transmit classified Government information to benefit a foreign power or foreign countries. Foreign Interference encompasses actions orchestrated by foreign actors to manipulate or influence a sovereign nation’s political administration or societal norms.
• Sabotage
Deliberate acts of causing physical damage to places of strategic importance or the economy of the nation, aimed at undermining public confidence in the Government and the leader.
• Terrorism
The use of various forms of force, violence and threats intended to instill fear in members of the public and damage properties. Terrorism is carried out by an individual, a group of individuals or an organization to fullfill their political, religious or ideological purposes.
• Racism
Prejudice based on race or ethnicity. Categorizing citizens or inhabitants according to skin color, language, and customs.
• Orchestration of racial and religious violence
Acts of fostering ill will and hostility among citizens and residents of different races and religions in a nation. The aim of such acts is to impose specific values, beliefs and practices upon a group or other groups (majority) for the sake of personal interests and the cause of the group being championed.